I read somewhere that one of the best ways to trim your budget and your waistline was to serve soup once a week. Now that my kids are able to eat soup without much difficulty, it’s a lot easier to have soup nights. (They liked it when they were smaller, it just meant somebody feeding them. Tricky.)
I thought today was a good day to make soup. So I tossed in the vegetables I had on hand (green beans, green pepper, onion, celery, carrots), some whole-grain rice, water, chicken bouillon cubes, curry powder, and a handful of black beans and red kidney beans. I thought I had a can of chicken lurking in the pantry, but discovered it was tuna, hence the beans.
Soup’s flexible. If you don’t have something, no problem. Leave it out. Substitute something else. It’ll still be soup. Set the crockpot and dinner’s taken care of.
If you’re looking to maintain a healthy weight and a healthy budget without skimping on nutrition, you might try a soup night.
I love soup. We eat it all the time here and I love the idea of putting curry powder in it-I’ll have to try that. Tonight it’s beans and rice here. The plow came through too late to get to the store. I make it with a recaito and then we fry an egg and put that on top. May sound weird, but it’s comfort food for us. *g*
Eva, soup is great comfort food. I get creative with seasonings; I put nutmeg in split pea, tarragon in lentil. Endless variations!
I love soup, and stews, and chili. I’d love to learn more recipes. I bet the bread you made is quite yummy with your soup. 🙂
Ann, soup and bread are perfect together. I’ve found a lot of good recipes at allrecipes.com.
We eat soup now and again, but it’s always canned. I need to start making soup. At least then I can be sure what’s in it.
NJ, controlling the ingredients is a huge reason to cook. I’m allergic to some additives, and so is our five year old. It’s very easy if you use a crockpot, set it up and wander off to write.